Amelia Earhart by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Amelia Earhart Reviews

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  Dave Schaafsma

  "If you want to do something, do it!"--Amelia Earhart
  
  I like this very short board book biography for little ones from Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara's Little People, Big Dreams series. The theme is always this, that when these famous people were small they dreamed to do great things and then these dreams came true. With Amelia, of course, it is flying planes. The end of her life is one of the things we know best about her, unfortunately, so Vegara just handles it for a younger audience by saying "she flew further than anyone had gone before. . . never to return." I have mostly 3 starred these books so far, but this one I liked better for story and art.
  
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  Hilary

  3.5 stars. Like the others in the series, a good overview on the subject. Bright and colourful and a line or two of text on each page. These books leave you wanting to find a book that tells you just a bit more. I like the format and the illustrations but left me wanting just a bit more information on each subject.
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  Manybooks

  Now the fourth instalment of the Little People, Big Dreams series does indeed, does actually and appreciatively present a generally informatively enough conceptualised textual description of American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart's life (albeit of course and naturally still simple and basic, considering that Amelia Earhart is geared towards younger children, is meant for so-called the picture book crowd), focussing especially and understandably on Ms. Earhart's dreams of becoming a pilot, detailing how she was the first woman to fly over the Atlantic and yes also the first individual to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. However and the above having all been said, personally, I do consider it a trifle problematic and really quite unnecessary at that for author Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara to not have mentioned within the text itself of Amelia Earhart and only in the supplemental time-line at the back of the book that on July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared without a trace whilst attempting to fly around the world, that the author indeed features Amelia Earhart's journey and attempt to fly around the world in the main narrative part of the book but not what ultimately happened and transpired, that she ended up disappearing en route, as for one, the story of Amelia Earhart's mysterious disappearance is so universally well known that even many younger children are likely already at least somewhat aware of it and for two, that just because children are young, this does not mean that they need to be artificially shielded and coddled from the realities of life (for really, it would in my opinion have been pretty easy and with a much more realistic ending to and for Amelia Earhart had Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegars simply and without too much expansion and conjecture also pointed out within the text proper that Amelia Earhart's attempt to fly around the world ended with her disappearance).
  
  Still and even with my mild but to and for me necessary narrational and textual issues with Amelia Earhart, this has been one of the rarer likeable and across the board readable offerings in the Little People, Big Dreams series (thus far), as thankfully and unlike so many of the series books I have perused to date, a decent and workable marriage and combination of the author's printed words and the illustrator's accompanying pictures are offered in Amelia Earhart. For Mariadiamantes' illustrations, they do indeed work very well with Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara's featured narrative and more importantly they have (although the pictures are still just a bit too cartoon-like for my personal aesthetics to be considered visual favourites) for the most part been both colourfully delightful and thankfully and appreciatively also do present and depict human figures who appear as realistically humanoid to and for my eyes and not as some strangely rendered entities with rigid staring eyes, overly exaggerated body proportions or unnatural looking smiles and grins (in other words, Mariadiamantes' illustrated humans, even though they are cartoon-like and therefore still rather a bit one-dimensional, nevertheless do look as how I would visually consider Amelia Earhart et al to generally appear shape wise if I were to meet them on the street or view a photograph of them, that they look like actual human beings and not semi-humanoid entities).
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  Kristina

  So glad books like this one exist.
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  Kitty G Books

  * I was sent this for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review *
  
  This is my favourite of this series (Little People, Big Dreams) which is currently out becuase not only is it a beautifully illustrated book with some truly lovely layouts and spreads, but it's also the story of a lady I knew nothing about. These books are designed to be read by children to introduce them to some wonderful people who did amazing things and give them a very brief overview of their lives. Not knowing anything about Amelia Earhart and reading this meant I found out enough to want to find out more (she seems like a fabulous woman) and that was truly exciting for me.
  
  Besides that, the artwork by Mariadiamantes is really warm and the style she uses to make the colours pop and the images stand out is very soft yet beautiful. I would highly recommend checking out this book with your children (or just as you appreciate artwork) as it's a lovely read. 4*s
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  Maria Yankulova

  Прекрасно оформление - Красота!
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  Maria Johansen

  Fortællingen om Amelia Earhart starter med en lille pige, som drømmer om at flyve. I modsætning til tidligere udgivelser i serien, er det ikke meget, vi hører om hendes barndom og opvækst. I stedet suser vi direkte til himmels med den frygtløse kvinde hvis drøm en dag gik i opfyldelse. Her kan man (som voksen læser) godt savne en lille historie om, hvordan Earhart rent faktisk fik vinger, men logikken i årsag/virkning er ikke nær så vigtig som de eventyr, hun med mod og frygtløshed begiver sig ud på.
  
  Bogen er – som alle andre bøger i serien – illustreret af en kvindelig kunstner, som bidrager til at formidle den helt rigtige stemning. Earharts fortælling beriges med himmelblå toner af kunstner Mariadiamantes.
  
  Det er en oplysende og samtaleindbydende bog, og jeg vil endnu en gang give serien mine varmeste anbefalinger til små og store drømmere.
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  Pauline

  During the virus as teachers, we are reading books to our children and putting them on the school website. We are aware of the importance of 1. Keeping in contact with the children and 2. Children having access to good books.
  I am choosing to read the "Little People Big Dreams" set so I can ensure my class are shown information books and most importantly continue to be exposed to the important role women have played in our past and how this has continued to this very day. Thank you for all the amazing work which is going on in the world to keep people safe and help to save lives. Thank you to all you brave women out there. xxx
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  Baby Bookworm

  
  
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  Hello, friends! Today’s book is Little People, Big Dreams: Amelia Earhart, written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and illustrated by Mariadiamantes, a sweet and very cute picture book biography of Amelia Earhart that inspires all little ones to chase their dreams.
  
  Cutting down the details of Earhart’s remarkable life to bare-bones, easy-to-grasp highlights, our story starts with little Amelia and her dream: to fly. Falling in love with aviation at a young age, she never let conventions or doubts deter her from chasing the excitement and dangers of her passion for flying. She founded an aviation club for female pilots, navigated the Atlantic both with a team and solo, and nearly made it around the globe before disappearing. And though her ending is a sad one, Amelia disappeared doing what she felt she should, and what she felt she must: paving the way for more explorers to chart their own paths, regardless of their gender.
  
  Sometimes it’s hard to properly capture inspirational yet tragic figures such as Earhart in children’s books, but this one does a commendable job. The story is meant to focus on Earhart’s courage and achievements, but doesn’t shy away from her disappearance, and even provides a more in-depth timeline of her life as an appendix for older readers. The art is simple yet lovely, using bold colors and basic shapes to paint poignant visuals. The length is great, and JJ enjoyed this one a lot. This is a great way to introduce the littlest readers to feminist icons, and we look forward to checking out more of the series! Baby Bookworm approved!
  
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  FLAMES (Roberta Frontini)

  (...)
  O outro livro é sobre Amelia Earheart, que confesso que conheço muito mal. As ilustrações são extraordinárias e completamente diferentes do livro anterior. Nunca me debrucei muito sobre a história desta mulher extraordinária, por isso mesmo fiquei muito contente por a puder conhecer melhor.
  
  Opinião completa aqui -
  http://flamesmr.blogspot.com/2018/10/...
  
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  Jacob Ogilby

  What a lovely picture book, first read and used this book when doing a Year 1 lesson on gravity. We read this book and then made Aeroplanes for Amelia to fly, they got so engrossed in the story and activities! The only problem I had was that the ending had the children asking what happened to Amelia, sadly she died.
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  Stacie

  Neat little series of sweet little biographies of courageous little people who made big names for themselves.
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  Cat Fithian

  Excellent series of bios. ccessible for ages 5 and up.
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  Tina

  What a lovely way to learn about Amelia Earhart, a great way to inspire young readers.
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  Jack & Lily Wills

  This was a great book - looking forward to reading more from this author!
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  Emma Sedlak

  This is a delightfully simple way to introduce children to historical figures, and the illustrations are extremely creative.
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  Catherine

  Author: Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara
  Illustrator: Maridiamante
  Age Recommendation: Early Primary
  Art Style:  Bright and Spacial Diverse
  Topic/ Theme: Trailblazing, Flight, Biographic
  Setting: Largely indistinct.
  Series:
  Little People, Big Dreams

  I adore Maridiamantes illustrations for Amelia Earhart. For the most part, they make the reader feel so small. Like they are watching Earhart fly through the sky in a little red plane, representing her red Lockheed Vega 5B, the plane she was flying when she disappeared. That infamous disappearance is handled with appropriate grace and delicacy. It doesn't even brush the potentials of what happened (and trust me some of those are wild), it turns it into something much more almost fairytale. "So she flew on like a bird, farther than anyone had gone before...
  ... never to return." That isn't the last page there is one after that. Meaning the book doesn't end on a potentially negative note which I appreciate. It's mostly adults that will see that disappearance as sad though. Younglings usually don't question that sort of ambiguous ending or death really. They aren't aware they should be. It hasn't been culturally ingrained in them yet. This points out some things I didn't know like her creation of the 99s a still existing organisation encouraging the next generation of pilots. The reason this gets an easy five stars is the illustrations. It's a fantastic use of scale and colour, particularly when you include the jungle and savanna moments.
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  Diana

  Este si lo sentí muy pobre a comparación del otro que leí. Una lástima.
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  Sevgi Ali

  Изключително приятна книжка с прекрасни илюстрации! 🥰
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  Amelia

  Much more sparse than the other book I read in this series -
  Jane Goodall
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  Книжни Криле

  Днес на „Книжни Криле” разглеждаме една наистина хвърковата книга. Макар че Амелия Еърхарт вероятно не се нуждае от представяне. Въпреки забуленото в тайни изчезване на авиаторката, като цяло нейната история е добре известна. Освен ако пък не сте на около пет годинки. И тогава няма по-лек, цветен и въздействащ начин да научите за нея от това да разгърнете „Малки хора ГОЛЕМИ МЕЧТИ: Амелия Еърхарт” на италианската писателка Мариа Исабел Санчес Вегара и изд. „Timelines store”. Прочетете ревюто на "Книжни Криле":
  https://knijnikrile.wordpress.com/201...
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  Jessica

  This is a short recount of Earhart's life with darling pictures. It simply ends, just like Earhart's life did - it is quite jarring. I received this book from a student in honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, 2020.
  
  Quarantine 2020 book.
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  Karen

  Very simply presented biography for youngest curious readers.
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  Jacqueline

  This book is amazing! Already ordered the rest of the series.
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  Teri Reck

  Another in a delightful series of children's picture books that feature a young girl with a big dream and then proceed to explain how she grew up to achieve it. Beautiful books!!